| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Walker, Jed S" <Jed_Walker(at)cable(dot)comcast(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Forcing WAL switch |
| Date: | 2005-08-11 14:53:29 |
| Message-ID: | 200508111453.j7BErTA20986@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Walker, Jed S wrote:
> I can't find a way to force a WAL to switch other than just generating a
> lot of changes in the database. I'd like to be able to switch to the
> next WAL before a hot backup, and then switch out one after the hot
> backup. The docs indicate this is not possible.
>
> Does anyone have a way to do this (other than creating a lot of data
> changes)?
No, sorry. We know we need this functionality, particularly for
point-in-time recovery, and that is on the TODO list.
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